Features Steemit Should Have
I've been on Steemit for a month or two now, and although I love it and think it has great potential, there are many things that if they were improved would increase the popularity of Steemit.
Fix Account Creation Time: This is on Steemit's Radar and they plan on doing this in the very near future
Change the User Interface: The first thing I realized while coming to Steemit was I didn't know what the difference was from home/new/hot/trending/promoted. It took me playing around a couple hours to really get the hang of it. I believe it should be re-designed to be more user friendly
Now I don't remember if Steemit did this when I first signed up, but they should have a welcome email linking to video's & articles of common Steemit questions and how to navigate the website (if they already have this, my bad, but they should make it more evident when logging in)
Add another tab at the top that shows you recommended video's/articles. This is one thing that youtube has over steemit. When I want to watch something new, it often just shows specific users with a bunch of steem. It would be nice if they had a way of showing you what you would want to look at/watch.
Make Searching Channels Easier: You can search by trending, but you can't search by viewers/category/time/date/tag/... . This is something simple that should have been built in by default ( I understand this is the beta, but meah)
Fix Searching in general: If you go to search using the Magnifying glass, when you get results it is not visually appealing.
Fix the way you post items. I know you can click the editor button to show more details, but I believe it should be more intuitive. There is probably a good portion of users who don't even know this exists.
Add more weight for individual users: (This is in the works in Hard Fork 19)
Upload videos directly: (From what I know this is in the works)
Playlists to show users in a quick way video's you added
A search feature on each users channel to search articles/videos
Upload multiple pictures at the same time and construct a gallery with different types of layouts. Being able to side swipe them in stead of scrolling down.
13)Re-Steem a Past article: Meaning once it has past 7 days and had a payout, be able to resteam it and have it go back into the home feed. This would be essentially a copy of a past article.
14)Customize-able Feeds: I'm a very neat an organized person. It would be nice to have multiple feeds where you can add specific users to specific feeds (Create feeds from scratch). Then you can have an art feed, a crypto feed, a food feed, and so on.
Is there something I missed or didn't think of? Let me know in the comments below.
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Good suggestions. To be fair to the site it's in beta so work in progress but it needs to become a little slicker to become more comparable to Youtube + Reddit and let's face it that's what STEEMIT is..a decentralised Youtube+Reddit where the contributing user community decides on what deserves to our attention and what doesn't. One further thing I'd like to add to the list is 2-factor-authentication for login.
+1
Some of your issues are addressed outside steemit. The Blockchain design allows 3rd party apps, with steemit being just one of them. The differently designed user interface could be www.busy.org for example. Or a coming desktop version of the esteem mobile app. And a good search you find at www.asksteem.com
I think it was busy.org where you can create new accounts rather easy. So at least for people who know someone with a steem account it is a good tool to get a new account quickly.
And so on and so forth. It's a bit scattered at the moment.
I would like to see a referral program whereby current members can be rewarded for bringing in new members.
Definitely #9! Upload videos! Can't wait!!! Aloha!
Good suggestion,should be adopted, upvoted and resteem!!!
I hope :))
I share a lot of your ideals here for steemit. I would definitely like to see a better search, easier to search for other users, and a "recommended for you" button. Nice post!
Number two was spot on for me cryptowallet, I really felt the blandness of the interface when I first laid my eyes on Steemit. I'm sure that will evolve as time passes along with other features. Upvoted! :-D
I would like to see a more intelligent way new posts are displayed. As steemit grows we will be overwhelmed by new content we will need to get steemit to be more discerning on the posts we are likely to read, we will all benefit from that.
Totally agree with this.
I have also found awkward links, such as the steem awards page. Once you get there you can't get back to home via a simple link. I have to shut the page down and log back in.
I believe as it is still stating it is in beta a lot will change quickly.
A new to steam idiots guide would be appreciated, especially for idiots like myself available on the opening page.